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7/19/2013 12:48:54 AM
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How do you think religion would deal with bio-synthetic immortality?
So we see this concept in sci-fi some times, and here about it now and then in some news articles, the idea being that we may eventually escape the decay of our bodies by either transferring our minds to machines, or maintaining them indefinitely with machines.
Were this technology to arise in our lifetimes, how do you think religion would handle it? I would argue that one of the most appealing thing about religion to most people is it's ability to address the fears and anxiety people have about death. Were technology to ever completely supplant/make irrelevant this function of religion, would religion as a whole reject the technology, or embrace it as the realization of their desires? Does the answer change with the religion?
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Honestly, if any factor were to make religion disappear completely, I would argue that this would be it. When given the choice between actually gaining immortality or taking your chances after you die, I feel that most would rather play it safe in their choice. I do think that most religious organizations would not accept it, however, most followers probably would.
